Public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents

In the context of the adoption of the Regulation on public access to documents on 30 May 2001, the Council, Commission and Parliament have made the following joint declaration: "The European Parliament, the Council and Commission agree that the agencies and similar bodies created by the legislator should have rules on access to their documents which conform to those of this Regulation. To this effect, the European Parliament and the Council welcome the Commission's intention to propose, as soon as possible, amendments to the acts establishing the existing agencies and bodies and to include provisions in future proposals concerning the establishment of such agencies and bodies. They undertake to adopt the necessary acts rapidly." The Institutions also called upon those institutions and bodies not covered by para 1 "to adopt internal rules on public access to documents which take account of the principles and limits in this Regulation."�